novelones Chapter 38 Reagents
Chapter 38 Reagents
September [-], sunny.
When everyone is shrouded in busy work, police officer Cao and Qiu Jiyu have encountered a day when they can take a break from their busy schedules.The detective agency did not take over the case, and the police station's jurisdiction was safe and sound.So these two old friends met in a coffee shop, intending to experience the petty bourgeois life of young people.
"Has Ye Xing been writing novels lately?" Officer Cao frowned and took a sip of his coffee, really not used to the bitter taste.
"Ha, I haven't written it for a long time. After the incident last time, he has a shadow on the word novel." Qiu Jiyu, who is used to drinking coffee, said with an expression of enjoyment.
"Well, I still think there are a lot of doubts about the incident last time, especially that teacher Jia who disappeared inexplicably. If it is just to kill Anli without a trace, those people's projects are too big. I always feel that, The focus of that case is not on An Li, but on Ye Xing!" Police officer Cao has been working as a criminal police officer for decades, and his mind has long been used to thinking about some problems all the time, and now he clearly agreed to relax , but the topic unconsciously came back to the case.
"Haha, you guys are always busy like this. In fact, I also think this is strange, but Ye Xing didn't say anything, so we can only wait and see what happens." Qiu Jiyu took another sip of coffee and saw Police Officer Cao Staring bitterly at the coffee cup in front of him, he said, "Why, I still can't get used to this? Why don't we drink in another place?"
Officer Cao looked up at him, and said with a hearty smile, "Forget it, I'm still driving a police car. I was arrested for drinking in broad daylight, but I won't be able to guarantee it at night. Stop drinking, let's go, next time I have a chance Let's talk again."
The two walked out of the coffee shop talking and laughing. Officer Cao insisted on giving Qiu Jiyu a ride. Seeing that he could not refuse, Qiu Jiyu simply agreed. He was about to reach out to open the door, when suddenly a series of gunshots rang out around him!
"Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!" There were five consecutive sounds, and most people on the street just instinctively lowered their heads to avoid, screaming, and they didn't even realize what happened.
Police officer Cao has been in the police force for many years, and he is very familiar with gunshots. He quickly hid behind the car to take cover, took out his mobile phone and dialed the police station: "Hello! My old Cao! What happened in front of Wenxiang Cafe on Xinglong Street Shoot, immediately mobilize the surrounding police officers!"
After hanging up the phone, Officer Cao nervously looked around the surrounding buildings, looking for the commanding heights where the shooter might be.All the bullets were shot at them. This was obviously a deliberate attack on the police, and he had a hunch that something serious was about to happen.
"Old Qiu! Did you see the gunman?" After waiting for a long while without more shots, Police Officer Cao turned around and asked Qiu Jiyu, but what answered him was that Qiu Jiyu's body, which fell silently on the ground, was related to him. The hole in the shoulder that keeps bleeding!
"Old Qiu!" Officer Cao broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly dialed the emergency number.It was his proposal to come and have coffee today, and if something happened to this old friend for many years, then he would really be to blame.
Soon, the police within a five-kilometer radius gathered here, and the two streets were tightly sealed off. The ambulance took Qiu Jiyu away. The police searched the surrounding high-rise buildings but found nothing.
Lu Xu and Ye Xing were also shocked when they heard that Qiu Jiyu had been shot.Ye Xing went directly to the hospital, but Lu Xu said that it would be more useful for him to help at the scene, so he went to the scene of the crime.
"Lu Xu, I shouldn't have dragged Lao Qiu to drink coffee today, what kind of crazy do you think I'm smoking!" Police officer Cao, who was mature and prudent, couldn't hide his irritability and self-blame at the moment.
"How did this happen, how did this happen..." Lu Xu was more anxious than Police Officer Cao. He had known Qiu Jiyu for a short time, but he had a good impression of this uncle. He couldn't imagine what would happen if Qiu Jiyu left suddenly. It can also be seen that Ye Xing is actually the one who worries the most.
Lu Xu scratched his head and paced back and forth while listening to Officer Cao's description of the shooting situation at that time.
"I think the gunman probably shot from some nearby building, but we haven't found anything." Officer Cao pinched his brows irritably, looked at the four bullet craters on the police car, Can't find a clue at all.
Lu Xu took out a pen from his pocket, put one end into the bullet hole and compared: "No, the bullet trajectories are parallel, and the shooter was on the street. It was almost at the same height as the car door, which means that he is very Possibly sitting in the car and firing the shot, then driving away as soon as it's done and no one will notice."
"Is that so?" Officer Cao slapped his head, secretly blaming himself for being so dizzy that he forgot to do such a simple thing as checking the trajectory.He immediately notified the traffic bureau to conduct a rigorous investigation of all the intersections in Licheng, trying to catch the turtle in the urn.
"Cao Da, do you think it could be the guy from the underground casino we were talking to recently..." A young police officer beside Police Officer Cao suddenly interjected.
Police Officer Cao frowned, and even swearing out of frustration, "It's very possible, how can ordinary people get □□! Fucking bastards, go and trouble them!"
Their so-called underground casino was near a messy waste gas factory. Police officer Cao led people around and surrounded it, while Lu Xu and other police officers stayed at the front door to block it.Not long after, the rusty iron gate of the factory was slammed open, and a guy with dyed green hair in a tattered T-shirt rushed out, followed by Police Officer Cao shouting: "Grab that green haired man!" !"
The green hair ran fast all the way, and rushed towards Lu Xu in a panic. The policeman next to Lu Xu saw this, picked up an iron rod from the ground and threw it to Lu Xu, saying: "Catch it!"
Lu Xu subconsciously caught it with both hands, and immediately felt greasy and sticky when he started it. It turned out that it was a steel pipe that was dismantled by some mechanical mountain.
Lu Xu's hair exploded all over, and he threw away the pipe like a poisonous snake with shaking hands, and watched the green hair running past in front of him with a sneer on his face.He clasped his arms tightly, shaking his black hands and shouted, "Disinfection! I want to be disinfected!"
"Why didn't you hit him! Such a good opportunity!" Officer Cao, who rushed out after Lu Mao, said this rather helplessly, ignoring Lu Xu, and went straight after Lu Mao.
"I... can't help it..." Lu Xu muttered pitifully, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped his palm vigorously, then folded the handkerchief neatly, and put his hands in his pocket. After looking at the policemen who were chasing away, they left the scene decadently...
"Wei Wei, I think I'm hopeless, really hopeless..." Lu Xu sat paralyzed in Mao Weiwei's clinic, in his usual position, with tears in his eyes. "I could easily catch that guy, but I couldn't do it. As soon as I saw the oily hands, I thought...fortunately, that green hair is not the murderer...I thought I was with Ye Xing, my Cleanliness is fine, but it’s not like this, what should I do?”
Mao Weiwei also looked at Lu Xu rather melancholy, and sighed: "Why don't you try to change from small things. For example, you can deliberately make it dirty." She watched Lu Xu take out a piece of tissue paper Wiping away tears, he said hastily, "It's like this paper towel, you don't have to throw it in the wastebasket, just put it on the table, and clean it up after our conversation is over."
Lu Xu hesitated with the hand holding the tissue, and finally put it gently on the table.
"Yes, very good. Look, it's not too difficult..." Mao Weiwei looked at Lu Xu encouragingly. Before he finished speaking, he stood up suddenly, grabbed the tissue and threw it into the trash can impatiently.She could only sigh silently, not knowing what to say.
"Look, I'll just say it! I'm hopeless, really hopeless..." Lu Xu circled around the room irritably, entered a picture frame, and carefully adjusted it a few millimeters to the left, Then move on in circles.
Seeing him like this, Mao Weiwei could only frowned and said, "Well, here I have a new antidepressant drug that can relax people's spirits. This drug has not yet been marketed, but it has passed human trials. You...maybe try it."
Lu Xu stopped, looked at Mao Weiwei hopefully, and said, "Can this medicine cure my problems?"
"We can try it, start with a small dose." Mao Weiwei got up and went to the desk drawer to take out a small yellow plastic medicine bottle and handed it to Lu Xu. The simple white label on it read: One pill a day.
Lu Xu looked at the medicine bottle with a trace of struggle in his eyes, and finally bit his lip and took it.
That night, Ye Xing was still keeping vigil for Qiu Jiyu in the hospital. Lu Xu stayed alone in the empty apartment, and suddenly felt that he was about to be crushed by the silence.
The phone rang suddenly, and he picked it up, and Ye Xing said in a tired voice: "Mr. Qiu is fine. The operation went well, and the doctor said that he can go back after a few days of hospital observation. I am still here today to watch the night." , you have to be good when you are alone at home..."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Xu suddenly felt like crying. If he didn't have obsessive-compulsive disorder, wouldn't it be easier to be with Ye Xing and himself?
He sat in the living room for a long time, and finally slowly took out the medicine bottle, poured the pills, and drank the water.Then, instead of clearing away the teacups immediately as usual, he got up and left the living room.
On the coffee table, a drop of water rolled down from the rim of the half-filled glass of water, printing a lonely arc on the table along the bottom of the glass.
After a while, Lu Xu rushed out again, grabbed the water glass and rushed to the kitchen to wash it clean, put it back on the cup holder neatly, then picked up a rag to dry the coffee table, and then folded the rag neatly So he put it back on the towel rack, and it wasn't until everything was tidied up that he leaned against the edge of the kitchen sink, sighed helplessly to himself, and after a while, went back to the room and fell asleep silently.
On the double bed, Ye Xing's half was empty.Lu Xu grabbed his pillow and hugged him, buried his head in it and took a deep breath, hoping that everything would be different tomorrow...